[Gnso-bylaws-dt] GNSO Bylaws DT report and matrix -- final version for DT approval

[matthew shears]

Hi Steve, all

Related to the report I had asked a question with regards to the 
implications of the following comment:

/Note: Three DT members (IPC, ISPCP, and BC) abstained from indicating 
approval of Council voting thresholds, *as they do not support Council 
exercising any of the new powers by voting within the present 
House-bound structure*./

This (my highlighting) seems to suggest that the views of the IPC, ISPCP 
and BC is that GNSO Council cannot/should not exercise the community 
powers until the issue of the House structure is addressed?

Could someone explain?  And if that is the case are we saying that the 
GNSO will not be participating as a decisional participant in the EC 
until that time?   (Of course I may have misunderstood but would 
appreciate enlightening.)

Thanks.

Matthew



On 11/10/2016 16:53, Steve DelBianco wrote:
> Thanks to Steve, Darcy, Amr, and Matthew for providing edits to these 
> docs.
>
> Here’s what I’ve done with the attached final docs:
>
> Accepted all of Darcy’s grammatical corrections in the matrix and 
> report. (thank you!)
>
> As Amor noted, we did not describe DT discussion of how to meet 
> undefined Bylaws thresholds for Section 17.3 and Annex A - Sec 3.2(f) 
> regarding recall of a GNSO director.  I added to the report (page 2) 
> and In the DT Recommendations column:
>
>     4. GNSO Procedures should define how GNSO Council meets two new
>     thresholds described in the new Bylaws in these sections:
>
>          17.3 – Amending the CSC charter.  Bylaws require approval by
>         a “simple majority of … GNSO Council”, which is not a defined
>         GNSO threshold in Bylaws Section 11.3(i).
>
>         Annex D, 3.2(f) - Removal of a GNSO Director.  Bylaws require
>         approval by “a three-quarters majority”, which is not a
>         defined GNSO threshold in Bylaws Section 11.3(i). Five DT
>         members believe that voting would occur only in the House that
>         nominated the director, while other DT members said the entire
>         GNSO should vote on this decision.
>
>
> While Darcy wanted to move the background paragraph to later in the 
> doc, I am keen to keep it at top so that readers who are not familiar 
> with this DT will understand what our recommendations are all about. 
>  That background takes only 2 inches of space, so let’s please keep it 
> at top of page 1.
>
> I attempted to reconcile different edit suggestions.    Added Amr’s 
> edits on pages 3-4 to explain the majority’s rationale on why Council 
> speaks for GNSO.  (Steve Metalitz agreed).  With those additions, I 
> did not accept Matthew's desire to delete discussion about Council’s 
> responsibility for non-policy matters.  Those paragraphs are not 
> repetitive, and were an essential part of the evolution of our group’s 
> discussion.  Thing is, readers are not going to go back to the call 
> transcripts, so this “evolution” section is the place to describe what 
> was considered (and rejected).
> Accepted Amr’s new text about Nominating committee reps on page 7.
>
> Matthew wanted to demote the note about 3 of 9 DT members abstaining, 
> but this is essential to understand that recommendations did not reach 
> a high level of consensus, and to explain why. This qualifier needs to 
> precede the recommendations, in my view.
>
> My hope is that DT members have no objection to submitting these docs 
> to Council today — in time for their Council meeting on Thursday.
>
> So, please indicate whether you have any objections by UTC today.
>
> Thanks again for your serious attention to this project.
>
> —Steve
>
>
>
>
>
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